It has all to do with policies. Im a data analyst/engineer and have my own software firm. The govt policies are not adequate. For example, we hunted this awesome project from US, would have earned hundreds of thousands of dollars and would have provided many jobs but the US firm didn't get enough assurity from our govt and were reluctant to share data with a firm in Pakistan. The govt of pak and IT ministry treated us like we r not even Pakistanis. They were like, pese tum log kamaogay tu ham kya karein. These morons didnt see we r bringing in alot of dollars to the country and that it will produce jobs and countries support their private sector. They instead wanted bribes n didn't even bother helping. We tried but in the end the project slipped away and they ended up giving it to an indian firm. I recently heard that project is extended and enlarged and its now worth millions.
Pakistan govt is so pathetic that we r even having issues getting our own money that we earned from foreign clients. These pathetic brown duffers are actually destroying the country.
Instead the usual corrupt leeches are awarded/given the contracts not based on meritocracy (ability and nature of the project) but due to nepotism. This is the whole story of the Pakistani ecosystem from education to private sector to army to our-business sector to politics etc.
Harsh truth. Hence the current struggles of Pakistan. Which in many ways have always been there and been long-term.
Structural reforms must occur and an end to the old habits must die, otherwise there will be no hope.
With a growing population, more competition for land and resources, we are looking into an economic, environmental and political catastrophe that makes the current struggles seem like a joke.
There is still a chance and hope to change this for the better but time is running out.
Nobody can doubt the potential of Pakistan and Pakistanis but if the country and those in power (so-called elites) are more bothered about enriching themselves and not serving Pakistan and Pakistanis, the challenges will just grow and will not be solved.
Before the awam do not wake up decisively, we will just continue talking why status quo is as it is. We need strong righteous personalities to come forward and take over but are such people in Pakistani power circles even around or have they all been corrupted by the environment? We talk about solutions all the time but for how much longer?